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Brahmajalasutta 1.1

Brahmajālasutta 1.1

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Pāli

1.1.1

Evaṃ me sutaṃ—

So I have heard.

The Divine Net

1.1.2

ekaṃ samayaṃ bhagavā antarā ca rājagahaṃ antarā ca nāḷandaṃ addhānamaggappaṭipanno hoti mahatā bhikkhusaṅghena saddhiṃ pañcamattehi bhikkhusatehi.

At one time the Buddha was traveling along the road between Rājagaha and Nāḷandā together with a large Saṅgha of five hundred mendicants.

The Divine Net

1.1.3

Suppiyopi kho paribbājako antarā ca rājagahaṃ antarā ca nāḷandaṃ addhānamaggappaṭipanno hoti saddhiṃ antevāsinā brahmadattena māṇavena.

The wanderer Suppiya was also traveling along the same road, together with his resident pupil, the student Brahmadatta.

The Divine Net

1.1.4

Tatra sudaṃ suppiyo paribbājako anekapariyāyena buddhassa avaṇṇaṃ bhāsati, dhammassa avaṇṇaṃ bhāsati, saṅghassa avaṇṇaṃ bhāsati;

Meanwhile, Suppiya criticized the Buddha, the teaching, and the Saṅgha in many ways,

The Divine Net

1.1.5

suppiyassa pana paribbājakassa antevāsī brahmadatto māṇavo anekapariyāyena buddhassa vaṇṇaṃ bhāsati, dhammassa vaṇṇaṃ bhāsati, saṅghassa vaṇṇaṃ bhāsati.

but his pupil Brahmadatta praised them in many ways.

The Divine Net

1.1.6

Itiha te ubho ācariyantevāsī aññamaññassa ujuvipaccanīkavādā bhagavantaṃ piṭṭhito piṭṭhito anubandhā honti bhikkhusaṅghañca.

And so both tutor and pupil followed behind the Buddha and the Saṅgha of mendicants directly contradicting each other.

The Divine Net

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